Reversal of Fortune (1990)

1990

111 mins

Jeremy Irons won an Academy Award for his performance in this crime mystery based on the true story of a... More

Jeremy Irons won an Academy Award for his performance in this crime mystery based on the true story of a wealthy socialite who hires brilliant law professor Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) to help overturn his convictions for the attempted murder of his wife (Glenn Close). Director Barbet Schroeder was nominated for an Oscar, as was screenwriter Nicholas Kazan for adapting Dershowitz' book.

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Reversal of Fortune (1990) | Ratings & Reviews

92_%53 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
78_%5,505 reviews
Audience score rating

""Reversal of Fortune" is above all a triumph of tone. The director, Barbet Schroeder, and the writer, Nicholas Kazan, have not made a docudrama or a sermon, but a film about personalities."

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Roger Ebert

"Schroeder’s spellbinder is a potent anomaly: a feeling film about the lack of feeling that defined an era."

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Rolling Stone

"The filmmakers are having a marvelous time rich-bashing."

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The Washington Post

"Irons's canny performance dominates the film. He plays the role with apparent frankness and dignity rather than melodramatic villainy, and Schroeder's camera frames him in isolation to convey his bleakness and solitude."

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